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Basic Mandarin Chinese | Lesson 7 | Learn to tell your surname!

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4.
Revision
English
Mandarin
I
Wǒ
To be surnamed
Xìng
To be called
Jiào
My family name is Wáng
Wǒ xìng Wáng
My name is Wáng Péng
Wǒ jiào Wáng Péng
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9.
Tonal tip
‘Qǐng’ is pronounced in the falling rising tone,
also known as the third tone
Remember that ‘Qǐng’ starts with a ‘ch’ tone
‘Wèn’ is pronounced in the falling tone,
also known as the fourth tone
Let’s hear you say ‘Qǐng Wèn’
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10.
Introductions
May I ask
Qǐng wèn
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14.
Grammar tip
While the previous sentence is
grammatically correct, it is often polite to
add the word, 'honorable' before asking
someone's name
Let's learn how to say
'honorable' in Mandarin!
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20.
Grammar tip
Did you notice that 'Nin' is used both for
'your' as well as 'you' ?
This is because in Mandarin we use the same
words
for pronouns and adjectives derived from them.
Thus, Nín = your, is the same as Nín = you
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21.
Introductions
Furthermore, to ask someone else's name,
one would say 'And you'? , let's see how do
we translate this in Mandarin!
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22.
Introductions
And you ? =Nǐ ne
We already know ‘Nǐ’ means you,
and ‘ne’ is a question particle
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23.
Introductions
And you?
Nǐ ne?
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24.
Revision
English
Mandarin
Honorable
Guì
Question particle
Ne
What about you, and you
Nǐ ne
May I ask
Qǐng wèn
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25.
Let's see if you remember…
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26.
Pick the right option
How do we say 'May I ask'?
1
2
3
Qǐng wèn
Nǐ ne
Guì ne
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27.
Pick the right option
How do we say 'May I ask'?
1
2
3
Qǐng wèn
Nǐ ne
Guì ne
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29.
Etiquette conversation
My family name is ……
Wǒ xìng.........
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30.
Grammar tip
nǐ ne? = and you?
You may remember Ne is a question particle
used to convert statements to questions
Ending with ne makes a question when
the context is already known
A common circumstance is when you wish to
repeat
a question that was just asked for another subject,
as in the case we are discussing right now
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31.
Etiquette conversation
My family name is ……, and you?
Wǒ xìng......, nǐ ne?
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33.
Let's see if you remember…
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34.
Try yourself
How do we say
'My family name is Lǐ, and you?'
1
2
Wǒ xìng Lǐ, nǐ ne?
Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ma?
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35.
Try yourself
How do we say
'My family name is Lǐ, and you?'
1
2
Wǒ xìng Lǐ, nǐ ne?
Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ma?
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36.
Introductions
Now lets go ahead and learn how to ask someone's
name! The vocabulary required for
this will be ‘What’ and ‘Name’
Let’s start!
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37.
Introductions
What = Shénme
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38.
Tonal tip
‘Shénme’ is pronounced in the mid rising
tone, also known as the second tone
Let’s hear you say Shénme
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39.
Introductions
What
Shénme
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40.
Introductions
Name = Míngzi
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41.
Tonal tip
‘Míngzi’ is pronounced in the mid rising
tone, also known as the second tone
Let’s hear you say Míngzi
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42.
Introductions
Name
Míngzi
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43.
Revision
English
What
Name
Mandarin
Shénme
Míngzi
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45.
More greetings
What's your name?
Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
Literally, 'you called
what name? '
Jiào = to be called
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46.
Introductions
Now let us take a case where we have the family
name, but
want to know the first name of a person For the
purpose of
this conversation, we'll assume the surname of the
person
to be Wáng and first name to be 'Peng'
As we will see, in Chinese culture we always give
our
Surname before our First name'
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62.
Culture Leaf
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63.
Culture leaf
The color Red in Chinese culture usually
means good luck. Red is often worn in
weddings to ward off any bad luck
to the new bride and groom
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64.
Culture Leaf
A red envelope is a monetary gift which is given in
Chinese society during holiday or special occasions.
The red color of the packet symbolizes good luck.
Red is strictly forbidden at funerals as it
traditionally symbolized happiness
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65.
What's next?
In the next lesson, we will discuss sentences
describing professions, etc…
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